Celery-digger.



No. 569,893. Ptented Mar. l2, mol. A. BUHLEEN.

CELERY BIGGER.

(Application filed Nov. 19, 1900.)

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AUGUST BOHLEEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ClLERY-DIGGER.

SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters Patent No. 669,893, dated March12, 1901.

Application filed November 19 1900. berial No. 37,074. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t nca/y concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST BOHLEEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements-in Celery-Diggers, of whichthe following is a specication.

In preparing celery for the market. it lirst is necessary to removethe'plant from the ground, and this is done by digging each plantseparately from the hill, an operation both slow and laborious.

The object of this invention is the production of a horsedrawn implementadapted to sever the stalks of celery-plants from their roots and toleave the celery free to be pulled from the ground, thus dispensing withthe necessity of digging each plant separately.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of acelery-digger embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a planview of the same.

Like letters of reference :indicate corresponding parts throughout bothviews.

In the production of this implement I provide a framework A, comprisingtwo rear braces A, two forward braces A2, a cross-bar A3, extendingbetween the upper ends of said rear braces, and two diagonal brace-barsA4, extending from the upper ends of the forward braces rearward to theupper ends of the rear braces, each terminating in a handle A5 rearwardof said rear braces. The forward braces near their upper ends are bentinward and then again upward and are provided with a series of holes A6for permitting an adjustment of the point ofattachment of said forwardbraces to the pole, to be later described. The rear 4braces are eachprovided with a similar series of adj ustment-holes A7.

A8 is a loop fixed to the crossbar A3.

B is a draft-pole, its rear end being confined within the loopA8 of thecross-bar A3, said pole extending forward between the upper ends of theforward-braces A2. A bolt B, passing through a suitable opening in thepole B, secures the diagonal brace-bars A4 and the forward braces A2 toeach side of said pole. A doubletree B2, with the usual singletree B3,is suitably mounted upon the pole B.

C is a cutter-bar having a sharp forward edge, and also having its endsupturned and secured in any suitable manner, as by the rivets C', to thelower ends of the forward and the rear braces, the cutter-bar C beingfixed in its connection with said braces.

In operation horses are attached to the digger and the latter sunk intothesoil in somewhat the same manner as a plow is started until thecutter-bar is on a level with or a little lower than the bottoms of thecelerystalks. As these stalks are set in the ground when the plants aresmall and as they grow upward, their lowerends will be substantially ina horizontal plane. The horses, one walking on each side of the row ofcelery-plants, are driven lengthwise of said row, and the cutter-bar Cis thus caused to sever the stalks of celery in the row from theirroots, leaving said stalks free to be pulled from the hills. The degreeof slant or suction given to the cutter-bar C may be varied by changingthe point of attachment of the rear braces with the brace-bars and theforward braces with the pole B by means of the series of openings A7 andA6, respectively.

The implement is manipulated by its handles in much the same manner as aplow. When it is started ou a row of celery, the operator walks on oneside and holds one handle to steady it.

I claim as my inventionl. In a celery-digger, in combination, aeutter-bar; a pair of rear braces xed with relation to said cutter-bar;a pair of forward braces also fixed with relation to said cutterbar; across-bar secured between said rear braces; a draft-pole fixed to saidcross-bar and extending forward and being attached to the upper ends ofsaid forward braces; and means for adjustably securing the rear braceswith relation to the cross-bar, Whereby the angle of inclination of thecutter-bar may be changed.

2. In a celery-digger, in combination, a cutter-bar; a pair of rearbraces fixed with relation to said cutter-bar; a pair of forward bracesalso fixed with relation to said cutterbar; a cross-bar secured betweensaid rear braces; a draft-pole fixed to said cross-bar and extendingforward therefrom and being IOO and extending forward therefrom; andmeans for adj ustably securing the rear braces with relation to thecross-bar, also means for adjustably securing the forward braces to thedraft-pole, whereby the angle of inclination of the cutter-bar may bechanged.

AUGUST BOHLEEN.

Witnesses:

L. .L MILLER, GEO. L. CHINDAHL.

